There are a lot of studies dedicated to understanding the anaesthetic effects of xenon but there’s not as much information about how xenon’s therapeutic effects work so, here, we’re going to list some of the different ways xenon can affect the human body and how these can be used for xenon therapy.
According to Dr Edward Dulitsky PhD MD (RU) and the Biophysicist Professor Eugenii Nazarov (PhD in biophysics, PhD in biochemistry), xenon gas acts as super-adaptogen, triggering Adaptational Shifts and originating a powerful cascade of self-regulating biological reactions which allow the human body to override and reset some of its malfunctioning systems. Put simply – xenon enhances our body’s natural healing and regenerative abilities.
Xenon and Sports Performance Enhancement
Research suggests that breathing xenon boosts the body’s production of a protein known as HIF1 Alpha. To explain – HIF1 Alpha seems to act by stimulating the production of other compounds in the body, including EPO.
As a quick reminder, EPO is a hormone which regulates the body’s production of red blood cells. By stimulating the production of EPO, your body will produce more red blood cells. When this happens, you increase the blood’s ability to transport oxygen around the body. An increased ability to transport oxygen theoretically leads to an increase in athletic performance, particularly when we’re talking about high endurance sports such as competitive cycling.
Does Xenon Improve Athletic Performance?
In Russia there are those that swear by xenon and its benefits for endurance athletes. This is because in a 2010 ZAO Atom-Med Center presentation, researchers tested the athletic performance of a number of professional athletes pre- and post-xenon use, including the use of placebos in the case of some athletes. The research reportedly showed that MedXenon, a brand of xenon gas mixture owned by the ZAO Atom-Med Center, works within just five minutes of application and has a lasting effect of up to 80 hours.
While it’s difficult to assess how rigorous the research testing is in this case — particularly given the product being tested is owned by the agency involved in manufacturing and selling it — the Russian government acknowledges the work being done at ZAO Atom-Med Center and has supported the use of xenon for Russian athletes. Indeed, a document created in 2010 by the Russian State Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence, includes the following paragraph (translated from the original Russian) about how best to administer xenon to athletes:
The inhalation can be administered as a single dose or over multiple doses (stages), depending on the duration of physical exertion. Inhalation performed over multiple stages is found to be more effective. The effects of the inhalation are apparent over 48-72 hours following the procedure, and diminish thereafter.
It’s recommended the inhalation procedure is performed two to three times over a duration of seven to ten days. To increase the efficacy of the procedure, it is recommended the procedure is performed not less than 24 hours prior to the start of the competition, two to three hours prior to going to bed.
According to the Russian Scientists, some of the therapeutic effect of xenon is based on the restructuring effect of xenon on water molecules and the creation of xenon clathrates. The interaction of xenon clathrates with the biologically important molecules of the lipids and proteins, can cause dramatic changes in their physico-chemical characteristics.
Another way of saying this is that the restructuring of water molecules in our body causes changes in the electro-magnetic field in our cells, which leads to powerful healing and regeneration.
There’s evidence that xenon dissolved in water can have neurogenic and metabolic effects in the body after oral administration. The authors of the 2010 ZAO Atom-Med Center presentation, showed that drinking water saturated with xenon under the water’s normal atmospheric pressure – in an amount of 0.05% of the body weight (about 2 cups) – caused a statistically significant decrease in the Stress Index from 26.71 + 6.4 to 17.14 + 2.7. This indicated a diminution in the stress of the resting regulation systems with the Stress Index being calculated on the basis of the heart rate variability analysis.
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